Chapter 1 Wang Honglin

"Wang Honglin!"

An Qisheng recognized the old man sitting and drinking tea under the old tree at a glance.

A small courtyard, an old tree, bluestone slabs, and a quiet old man, together formed a tranquil and harmonious picture.

In a daze, An Qisheng really thought he had come to that small courtyard three hundred years ago.

This wasn't time travel, but it was almost the same as time travel!

Whoosh~

As if a breeze blew through the old tree, the leaves rustled, and the old man suddenly moved.

Raising an arm forward shattered the incomparably harmonious aura in the courtyard, as if the entire courtyard had been shaken!

Boom!

First came the fist, then the thunder!

In an instant, the old man went from extreme stillness to extreme motion. With every punch and kick, a violent wind billowed, and the fist wind wrapped around him with dust, as the old tree in the courtyard was hit by a storm, raining down leaves.

Bajiquan (Eight Extremes Fist) is known as "Shaking the shoulders topple the sky, stomping the feet to shake the nine provinces," its meaning being wide open and unrestrained, wild and unmatched!

But An Qisheng had never seen such a violent Bajiquan!

Within the old man's seemingly thin body contained a power that shocked An Qisheng.

The Bajiquan Xiaojia (small frame), which he was most familiar with, was used by the old man to let him know what it meant to reach the pinnacle!

"This is Bajiquan."

An Qisheng felt a sense of reverence in his heart.

With a thought, he entered the painting of three hundred years ago in an extremely mysterious posture, along the bridge transformed by the words, and entered the old man's body!

Bang, bang, bang~

Whish, whish, whish~

His heart beat like a drum, and his blood flowed like a river.

As soon as he entered Wang Honglin's body, an incomparably powerful feeling arose spontaneously from the bottom of An Qisheng's heart.

This was far from comparable to the feeling of entering the little Taoist priest's body before.

He could feel that every inch of muscle and bone in this body contained explosive power that was about to burst forth.

This was simply not a body that a sexagenarian could possess!

At this moment, it was as if he had changed from a tricycle to a world-class supercar. No, it was even more exaggerated than that!

"This, this is, Baodan (embracing the core)?"

An Qisheng was even unable to sense the old man's domineering Bajiquan, and was attracted by another discovery.

In his feeling, the old man's power was very violent, but also very harmonious.

In stillness, the essence of qi (vital energy) was restrained and not leaked, all the sharpness was contained, and every action was harmonious. In motion, it was like a volcano erupting, a thunder god executing punishment, and it was so overwhelmingly fierce.

It was very similar to the description of the Dan (core) realm he had seen in the classics.

An Qisheng was both surprised and delighted that Wang Honglin had actually achieved Baodan with Bajiquan, an external martial art!

It should be known that even in the Da Xuan (Great Xuan Dynasty) three hundred years later, the Dan realm was also a strong force, enough to serve as an instructor in the army, or to lead a special force.

And in the records of Da Xuan, there were almost no cases of achieving Baodan with external martial arts.

"Baodan is round and leak-proof, perhaps it is the method to cure my strange disease?"

As if blessed to the soul, An Qisheng suddenly thought of something.

Whether it was boxing or medicine, Da Xuan three hundred years later far surpassed Da Xuan three hundred years ago. Even if Gu Changfeng was still considered the number one boxer in three hundred years, it was hard to tell how much of it was sentiment.

A terminal illness that could not be cured three hundred years later would certainly not have the conditions to be cured three hundred years ago!

In an instant, An Qisheng felt a sense of enlightenment, and the deeds of Gu Changfeng appeared one by one.

Gu Changfeng learned boxing at the age of eleven, achieved great success at the age of seventeen, traveled the world without any opponents, and was already the number one boxer in the world at that time. It was rumored that one person could become an army.

He once traveled to the East to assassinate the Emperor of Fusang.

He had also wandered outside the Golden Eagle White House for three days, shocking the then-President of the Golden Eagle, who could not sleep at night and was in a state of panic all day long.

Regardless of whether later generations praised or vilified him, how much of his deeds were true and how much were false, no one doubted that his martial arts talent was the most outstanding in the world.

If Gu Changfeng's illness was really the same as his, it would be better to believe that he was healed without medicine after embracing the Dan than to believe in the doctors at the time!

"If that's really the case."

An Qisheng calmed down and began to comprehend the old man's method of exerting force in his boxing.

With this feeling, An Qisheng seemed to see a new world.

Wang Honglin's strength had already returned to unity, and the inner and outer three harmonies were integrated into every move. His foot shook, and the force rose from the ground, traveling through the shin, knee, waist, arm, elbow, wrist, palm, and fingers.

Its power was released at the fingertips, and the fist was like thunder, but at the same time, the shin, knee, waist, arm, elbow, wrist, and palm could all burst out with fierce power.

Even with the Dan realm's control over strength, even the ears could kill people!

"Hoo!"

In the small courtyard, the old man suddenly retracted his fist, and the transition from extreme movement to extreme stillness was also only in an instant.

Only the leaves and dust flying around, and the still-existing fist wind, indicated that the previous scene was real.

And An Qisheng, who fully felt the old man's changes in strength, had a deeper understanding.

One moment the fist was like thunder, the next moment it was as still as a pine tree.

The old man's blood circulation, strength changes, and even heartbeat, all subsided in this instant.

It was as if during the winter, the earth's vitality was hidden, not leaking at all, and was as round as a Dan.

"The mystery of the Dan realm lies not only in releasing, but also in receiving. Even more so, receiving is more important than releasing."

An Qisheng felt enlightened and couldn't wait to go out and practice a set of punches to vent.

"Mr. Wang's boxing is indeed fierce and unmatched! The fist is like this, I wonder what level his spearmanship has reached."

At this time, a calm voice with praise sounded outside the small courtyard.

Wang Honglin, standing with his hands behind his back, seemed to have known it for a long time, just raised his eyelids: "You want to build the Central Martial Arts Academy, that's your business. I won't participate, and Bajiquan won't be passed on."

"Today's Da Xuan is experiencing a change that has not occurred in millions of years. There are bandits rampant within, warlords occupying one side, and foreign powers spying from outside. Although we are martial artists, we cannot be alone."

Outside the small courtyard, the visitor's voice was calm and contained a hint of metallic meaning:

"Among us martial artists, we still speak with fists and feet. If I am not talented and win over the old gentleman by a move or two, I would like to ask the old gentleman to come with me to the Magic Capital and sit in the Central Martial Arts Academy."

"It seems that the set of boxing I demonstrated did not make you retreat in the face of difficulty."

In the courtyard, Wang Honglin's eyes were half-closed, his breath was as deep as the sea, and he seemed like a volcano about to erupt:

"I heard that you learned boxing at the age of eleven, achieved great success in six years, and have been invincible since your debut. I would like to ask for your guidance."

Learned boxing at the age of eleven, achieved great success in six years?

This person is Gu Changfeng!

An Qisheng, who was quietly listening to the conversation between the two, couldn't help but be shocked. Did these two grandmasters actually fight three hundred years ago?

"It's just a pity that the old gentleman is sixty years old. Although he has locked his blood with the Dan realm, he is not as good as when he was young after all."

After a long sigh, the door of the small courtyard was slowly pushed open.

Under the pouring sunlight, the young man slowly raised his head and looked over:

"Then let me see the old gentleman's Liuhe (Six Harmonies) Great Spear!"